Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary to the USA; Chief Negotiator & Advisor on Transboundary Rivers and GERD of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Feb 16, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Our future in #Ethiopia lies in the ability to produce adequate food and industrial crops. Irrigation is key for transforming #Ethiopia. Guidance is given by HE Dr Abiy to focus on low land irrigation and food security.
Wheat production in low land using large scale irrigation started to produce successful results
This season 20000 ha cultivation as a pilot using previously developed schemes in Afar, Oromia, Somalia and SNNPR expected to produce about 1million quintals.